Tray Chaney

Tray Chaney

Tray Chaney

‘Undeniable: The Tray Chaney Story’ examines the life of one of HBO's series, ‘The Wire’, main characters, Samuel Chaney III - known to the world as Tray Chaney. The rise, the fall and journey it took to overcome the harsh realities of life before and after ‘The Wire.’ Tray Chaney appeared in all 5 seasons of the HBO hit series portraying the character, Malik "Poot" Carr . Tray's life before ‘The Wire’ began as an amazing talented dancer, having taken first place more than six times at the renowned Apollo Theater in New York City. Tray decided to move his career forward by taking a shot at acting, and, after securing a major role in ‘The Wire’ for 5 seasons, his life would forever be changed. After ‘The Wire’ ended in 2008, Tray assumed that work as an actor would flourish, but he was mistaken. It was during this period in his life, along with not securing any acting gigs, he decided and took the initiative in 2010-2015 to begin standing on the corners of Washington DC selling merchandise out of the trunk of his own car, filming his own music video and marketing his own independent television film brand. That struggle nearly cost him his family as he was forced to separate from his Wife & Kids. Finally, getting his life back on track, Tray was motivated to get his Wife & Kids back, move to Atlanta, GA to rebuild his acting career & family life . It was there that he was cast in the Bounce TV series, ‘Saints and Sinners’ as the character Kendrick Murphy directed by Russ Parr. This amazing 45 min documentary has appearances and testimonials by such major industry professionals in television/film/music such as (Russ Parr, Big Daddy Kane, Clifton Powell, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Kenny Lattimore, Keith Robinson, Jd Williams, & Anwan Big G Glover) 


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